What are the three benefits of using visual aids in a speech? How do visual aids accomplish these

benefits?

What will be an ideal response?


1. Visual material adds a second channel of stimulus, making the speech more interesting; 2.
they show preparation and seriousness toward the topic and audience, thus improving the speaker's ethos;
3. they provide mental images for otherwise abstract ideas, thus improving comprehension and retention.

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What will be an ideal response?

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A) haptics B) environmental factors C) proxemics D) kinesics E) chronemics

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If you are copying a direct quotation onto a note card, make sure the wording is exact

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Trying to determine an audience’s beliefs or attitudes about a speech topic is ________ analysis

A) psychological B) environmental C) informational D) demographic

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